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451521

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date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants were loaned or seconded from the (a) Department for International Development to the Ministry of Defence, (b) Ministry of Defence to the Department for International Development, (c) Department for International Development to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (d) Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the Department for International Development, (e) Department for International Development to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, (f) Department of Energy and Climate Change to the Department for International Development, (g) Cabinet Office to the Department for International Development and (h) Department for International Development to the Cabinet Office in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	26539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The data below shows the numbers of civil servants on loan or secondment during each of the periods indicated. Civil servants may have been on loan or secondment for part or all of the periods indicated. Some civil servants may have been on secondment/loan for more than one year. DFID HR system does not hold historical loan/secondment data, this information has therefore been manually collated.</p><p> </p><ol><li><p><strong>DFID to MoD </strong></p><p> </p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 0</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 0</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 1</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 0</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 1</p><p> </p></li><li><p><strong>MoD to DFID</strong></p><p> </p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 0</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 1</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 1</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 2</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 2</p><p> </p></li><li><p><strong>DFID to FCO</strong></p><p> </p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 9</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 14</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 16</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 32</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 52</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 44</p><p> </p></li><li><p><strong>FCO to DFID</strong></p></li></ol><p> </p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 3</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 11</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 17</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 19</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 12</p><p> </p><ol><li><p><strong>DFID to DECC</strong></p><p> </p></li></ol><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 0</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 0</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 0</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 0</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 0</p><p> </p><ol><li><p><strong>DECC to DFID</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 2</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 3</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 5</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 8</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 3</p><p> </p></li><li><p><strong>CABINET OFFICE TO DFID</strong></p><p> </p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 0</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 1</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 1</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 2</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 3</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 3</p><p> </p></li><li><p><strong>DFID TO CABINET OFFICE</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1/1/2011-31/12/2011 1</p><p>1/1/2012-31/12/2012 2</p><p>1/1/2013-31/12/2013 3</p><p>1/1/2014-31/12/2014 3</p><p>1/1/2015-31/12/2015 3</p><p>1/1/2016-31/12/2016 2</p><p><strong> </strong></p></li></ol> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/02/2016 14:59:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

451653

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will issue a response to EDM 337, G7 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	26416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The purpose of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition is to promote inclusive and responsible investment. This is required to sustainably link smallholder farmers into markets, reducing poverty and to ensure that all people have access to high quality and affordable food. The £600 million pledged to the New Alliance by DFID will fund bilateral projects in six original New Alliance partner countries aimed at improving agricultural incomes, food security and nutrition of the extreme poor, including through agroecological practices.</p><p>DFID is effectively supporting a wide range of programmes with agroecological components, from soil and water conservation and land use management to climate resilience and conservation agriculture. For example, we fund the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) for the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) to support 6 million farmers to be more resilient to climate change through a broad set of agroecological and sustainable practices.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/02/2016 15:03:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

451696

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government has made plans to provide humanitarian relief in the event that the Syrian government blockade Aleppo.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	26455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>At the “Supporting Syria and the Region London 2016” Conference we co-hosted on 4<sup>th</sup> February 2016, leaders came together to pledge more than $11 billion, the largest amount raised in one day for a humanitarian crisis. Commitments made at the Conference will help to create 1.1 million jobs and provide education to an additional 1 million children. This money will save lives, give hope and give people a chance for the future. The Conference also brought leaders together to praise the bravery of all those working inside Syria to protect innocent civilians, demand an end to these abuses and obstruction of humanitarian aid. The outcomes of the conference are reflected in the Co-hosts' statement available on the Conference website <a href="http://www.supportingsyria2016.com/" target="_blank">www.supportingsyria2016.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are deeply concerned by the humanitarian impact of the ongoing Syrian regime offensive on Aleppo, which is backed by Russian airstrikes; including the high level of displacement it is causing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DFID continues to use existing funding to support our partners to be flexible in their responses and to enable the realignment of programming to meet those newly displaced and most in need. We are working with our partners in Aleppo and Idlib governorates to increase their existing food distribution and primary health assistance to support the newly displaced. We also support the UN OCHA managed, Humanitarian Pooled Fund (HPF), which has announced a US$10.5 million emergency fund to meet the needs of the new displaced as a result of the fighting in northern Aleppo. The HPF funding will focus on meeting key health, WASH, food, shelter and protection needs.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 22/02/2016 15:04:07 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

451699

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with which other Government departments her officials have held discussions on their role in the delivery and monitoring of spending under the Government's aid strategy; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
uin	26576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy,<em> Tackling Global Challenges in the National Interest</em>, notes that the government will sharpen oversight and monitoring of all Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend. This will apply to all government ODA spend including through cross-government funds. HM Treasury and DFID will co-chair a working group, reporting to ministers, in order to ensure value for money. DFID officials are working with HM Treasury to agree the remit of this working group. All government departments and funds spending ODA will be invited to attend the group. The group will meet for the first time in spring 2016. In addition, DFID reports UK ODA to the OECD and is responsible for reporting to Parliament on whether the 0.7 per cent GNI/ODA target is met. As part of this, DFID engages with all ODA-spending departments to: collate and quality assure UK ODA spend data for the previous calendar year for reporting to the OECD; monitor ODA spend within each current calendar year to meet the 0.7 per cent GNI/ODA target; and make arrangements for the independent evaluation of the extent to which all ODA provided by the UK represents value for money.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/02/2016 13:26:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

451722

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing for (a) Syrian refugees and (b) Syrian refugee children in Europe; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	26638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>DFID is providing nearly £46 million to support refugees in Europe. Part of this funding will provide shelter, warm clothes, food, and medical supplies, including for 27,000 children and babies, many of whom have fled fighting in Syria.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 15/02/2016 11:33:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

451723

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the high incidence of mental health disorders in countries (a) with poor mental health support services and (b) that are experiencing conflict or have recently emerged from conflict; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	26636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>DFID is funding work on mental health in several of our focus countries. For example in Malawi, under the Health Partnership Scheme DFID is helping to establish a community-based programme to improve care of people with common and severe mental health illnesses.</p><p>The UK is also providing mental health services through the provision of mobile clinics, healthcare and emergency surgery for Syrian refugees caught up in the ongoing crisis</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 15/02/2016 11:32:01 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

451726

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of the recent fighting around Aleppo on refugee numbers.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	26555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>At the “Supporting Syria and the Region London 2016” Conference we co-hosted on 4<sup>th</sup> February 2016, leaders came together to pledge more than $11 billion, the largest amount raised in one day for a humanitarian crisis. Commitments made at the Conference will help to create 1.1 million jobs and provide education to an additional 1 million children. The protection of civilians was at the heart of the Conference. Participants agreed to use their influence with all parties to the conflict to halt abuses, to allow humanitarian agencies rapid, safe and unimpeded access throughout Syria in order to reach besieged and hard-to-reach areas. The outcomes of the conference are reflected in the Co-hosts' statement available on the Conference website <a href="http://www.supportingsyria2016.com/" target="_blank">www.supportingsyria2016.com</a>.</p><p>The UK condemns the actions of the Syrian regime, driving civilians from their homes in and around Aleppo, and the role of Russia in supporting this offensive. We are deeply concerned by reports that over 30,000 civilians have been newly displaced from Aleppo City and other areas of northern Syria between 1<sup>st</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> February. This is on top of the existing 36,000 internally displaced persons from Aleppo City.</p><p>DFID continues to use existing funding to support our partners to be flexible in their responses and to enable the realignment of programming to meet those newly displaced and most in need. We also support the UN OCHA managed, Humanitarian Pooled Fund (HPF), which has announced a US$10.5 million emergency fund to meet the needs of the new displaced as a result of the fighting in northern Aleppo. The HPF funding will focus on meeting key health, WASH, food, shelter and protection needs.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/02/2016 15:04:52 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

451133

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why no safe areas have been established in Syria, in particular in Idlib, Darra, Jazira, and Afrin.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>At the Syria conference in London on 4 February, the Prime Minister announced that the UK will more than double our support in response to the Syria crisis from £1.12 billion to over £2.3 billion, our largest ever humanitarian response to a single crisis. We will consider any option compliant with international law that might save lives in Syria. However, experience suggests that so-called ‘safe’ areas can prove difficult to demilitarise and protect against all threats. In fact, there is a risk that they can become targets.</p><p>For a safe area to work, all parties to the conflict and relevant regional authorities would need to agree to its establishment. In the absence of such consent, this would require foreign military intervention, authorised by a UN Security Council Resolution. Any party seeking to establish a safe area would need to ensure sufficient military capability to guarantee safety from both aerial and ground attack, including by unconventional means. Credible measures would also be needed to prevent human rights abuses and to provide humanitarian assistance within the protected area. In addition, the existence of a ‘safe’ area near an international border should not be used to repatriate refugees against their will, or to deny access to asylum.</p><p>The UK plays a key role in ensuring humanitarian access to Syria. By 31 January 2016, at least 257 shipments of cross-border aid had been delivered as a direct result of the UK co-sponsored UN Security Council Resolutions 2165, 2191 and 2258 which enables the UN to deliver aid into Syria without the consent of the regime. We continue to call on all sides to the conflict to respect International Humanitarian Law and ensure free, unimpeded access for humanitarian agencies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 18/02/2016 17:03:17 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

451135

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to use the UN Security Council Resolutions on Syria to organise air-drops of food by the World Food Program to besieged areas, and to provide air cover for such drops with the US air force.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>At the &quot;Supporting Syria and the Region London 2016&quot; Conference on 4 February, more than US$11 billion was pledged to support people in Syria and the region affected by the conflict, the largest amount raised in one day for a humanitarian crisis. Commitments made at the Conference will help to create 1.1 million jobs and provide education to an additional 1 million children. The UK remains at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region. We have doubled our commitment and have now pledged a total more than £2.3 billion, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis.</p><p> </p><p>The most effective way to get food and other essential aid to people who are starving and in desperate need is for Assad and all parties to the conflict to adhere to international law. Across Syria, Assad and other parties to the conflict are wilfully impeding humanitarian access on a day-by-day basis. It is an outrageous, unacceptable and illegal mechanism to use starvation as a weapon of war. That is why the UK will continue to call on the Assad regime and all parties to the conflict to allow immediate and unfettered access to all areas of Syria.</p><p> </p><p>Right now, aid delivered by road, by UN agencies and by others who know the situation on the ground and who can ensure it gets to those who need it most is the best way of getting help through. But we always consider the most effective way to get assistance to the people in need, and we do not rule anything out.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/02/2016 15:44:20 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

451137

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether means have yet been found, through UN agencies or otherwise, for purchasing the large supplies of grain recently available in the Jazira Canton of Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>At the &quot;Supporting Syria and the Region London 2016&quot; Conference on 4 February more than US$11 billion was pledged to support people in Syria and the region affected by the conflict. This is the largest amount raised in one day for a humanitarian crisis. Commitments made at the Conference will help create 1.1 million jobs and provide education to an additional 1 million children. The UK remains at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region. We have doubled our commitment and have now pledged a total more than £2.3 billion, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis.</p><p> </p><p>The UN reports that the potential to purchase grain from the Jazira Canton of Syria is unchanged compared with their analysis of June 2015. The Jazira Canton, covering the wheat producing areas of Al Hassakeh and Ar Raqqa, remains under the control of the Syrian regime, the Kurdish authorities and Daesh. Humanitarian access to these areas is therefore, restricted by continued violence, insecurity and wilful obstruction. Control of access routes in the Jazira Canton by armed groups means that the UN are unable to access wheat producing areas, assess the quality of the wheat produced, or transport it to other regions. In addition, the milling capacity within Al Hassakeh governorate is insufficient to meet the operational needs of the UN. According to the UN, bread availability in Al Hasakeh and Ar Raqqa is currently adequate, thus reducing the need for the UN to buy wheat grain for local distribution.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is the second largest bilateral donor to the UN World Food Programme , committing £227 million to provide food support in Syria and the region since the start of the crisis. By the end of June 2015, UK support inside Syria had provided over 15.1 million food rations, each of which feeds one person for one month; access to clean water for over 1.6 million people; and more than 4 million relief packages.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/02/2016 15:47:30 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton